Courtney Thorne-Smith Bio

American actress Courtney Thorne Smith (born November 8th 1997). Her most famous roles include Alison Parker on Melrose Place and Georgia Thomas on Ally McBeal. She also appeared as Cheryl in According to Jim and Lyndsey McElroy in Two and a Half Men. Thorne Smith was raised in Menlo Park in the south of San Francisco. Walter Smith was her father. Lora Thorne was her mother and psychotherapist. They divorced when Courtney was just seven. She lived with both parents during various times. Jennifer her older sister is an executive in the field of advertising. She attended Menlo-Atherton High School in Atherton, California and graduated Tamalpais High School in Mill Valley in 1985. She also performed with the Ensemble Theater Company in Mill Valley while in high school. Thorne Smith's first movie appearance was in the 1986 feature film drama Lucas. She was joined by Winona Ryder (Corey Haim) and Charlie Sheen. She also appeared in numerous films in the late 1980s like Welcome to 18 (1986), Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise (1987), Summer School (1987), and Side Out (1990). She starred with Carrot Top in 1998's box office failure, Chairman of the Board. In 2009, she appeared in Sorority Wars. Thorne Smith was a friend of Andrew Shue from Melrose Place in the 1990s. In June 2000, the actress got married geneticist Andrew Conrad; the couple split in January 2001. On January 1st, 2007, she married Roger Fishman, president of the marketing firm the Zizo Group and author of the book What I Know. On the 11th of January 2008, when she was 40 years old she gave birth to Jacob Emerson Fishman, her son. Jacob Emerson Fishman.